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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1957
Page
3
October 6 to 12 marks Fire Prevention Week with a focus on electrical safety as homes increasingly rely on appliances. The notice urges using qualified electricians for new circuits, choosing UL listed appliances, avoiding overloaded outlets, correct fuse amperage, and safe cord placement to prevent fires.
Graettinger volunteer fire department participates in National Fire Prevention Week by distributing fire prevention checklists to local grade school children. Parents may return them or use the tips at home to improve safety.
Graettinger Methodist Church joins a state wide evangelistic campaign from October 27 to 31 with Rev. Herbert Thomas as visiting minister from Coin Iowa and five sermons planned. The mission aims to touch most of Iowa's 300000 Methodists, with two phases covering northern and southern halves. Linus and Frank Swanson, Chariton residents, were reunited after 55 years, while two Swanson brothers had believed the other dead.
Henry F Grandpa Harris, the Fort Dodge area’s oldest resident, recently marked his 104th birthday. He has lived in the Fort Dodge area since 1894, celebrating a long life in the community.
A rock from a sling shot hurt Jimmie Willenberg's eye while he played along a creek near Dyersville. Doctors say no permanent injury. Ray Guglielmetti of Belle Plaine escaped serious harm when a limb fell away from him and smashed the ladder he stood on, bruising his head and face.
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